lugger

[ luhg-er ]

/ ˈlʌg ər /

a small ship lug-rigged on two or three masts.

Origin of lugger

First recorded in 1785–95; lug(sail) + -er¹

lugar, luge, luger, luggage, luggage van, lugger, lugger topsail, luggie, lughnasadh, lughole, lugo

Away went the lugger before the gale with just a corner of the foresail hoisted.

The Lifeboat |R.M. Ballantyne
All the two thousand hooks pass four times through the hands of the men on the lugger.

Tommy Tregennis |Mary Elizabeth Phillips
They brought their boat right alongside the lugger just as the latter took the ground.

King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 |E. Keble Chatterton
But before your lugger comes in sight she must have been somewhere out of sight.

The Smuggler's Cave |George A. Birmingham

Dick observed that the lugger lay in such a position that she could easily slip out again, should danger threaten.

The Rival Crusoes |W.H.G. Kingston

lugger

/ (ˈlʌɡə) /

nautical a small working boat rigged with a lugsail

C18: from lugsail